Looking Through Windows

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

In 5,000 years, our war memorials will have decayed, to be replaced by Earth’s peace – with or without humans.

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

You share our pain. More to the oint, you share the pain of those who suffer unjustly at the hands of the bullying, the brutal and the ignorant. You ease the pain, supplement the courage, strengthen the resolve of those who endure the hardships.

If you need a slogan, how about “When you bleed, I bleed.” Or, “There is no way to peace; peace is the way.” Or, “If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem.” Of course, there’s always “I feel your pain.”
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“Why are you crying, Mom? Don’t you know it’s Good Friday?”

[She didn’t know, but He didn’t say this on the cross, either.]

D. Blog: Windows

I once said I would have problems working in an office that had no windows. But soon after that, I was moved to just such an office. I felt fortunate that my computer had Windows and I used the “wallpaper” pattern that looked like blue sky and wispy clouds. It did look like a beautiful sky through the “window” of my monitor.

A trivial substitute for a real window, but it helped ease what would otherwise have been a terrible sense of confinement and claustrophobia. I am even more fortunate to have divine companionship, because the Holy One provides the window that let’s me look on life honestly and yet with compassion. I think that’s what Jesus showed: knowing the truth about what goes on, but viewing it with compassion rather than judgment.